Caught this on Reddit. While the owner of the phone installed the software, I wonder how hard a remote rootkit and hidden install by nefarious hackers might be. Kind of an eyeopener of how insecure these really are...
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comm...phone/.compact <----- relevant thread (now locked)
Last edited by W5BRM; 12-16-2016 at 01:52 AM.
That was interesting. Thanks
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Yes it was. Goes to show what's going on out there in the big bad world. Now I can ratchet up the paranoia another half click without feeling like I'm indulging.
Does make me want to reconsider any online activity until properly briefed on proper protocol for BS avoidance (beyond the obvious 'don't go to porn', etc)
Last edited by WZ7U; 12-22-2016 at 01:34 AM.
Like that post was...
Moving on, my posts are not helpful
Umm, gotta show this to the wife. I practice cell phone security. By that I mean that I usually forget to carry my old flip phone with me.
PS- I want a new law that makes it a criminal act to force another to look at your cell phone pictures. At least when my dad whipped out the Slide Projector and screen, we kids knew to leave the room. Now they whip that 7 inch screen right in your face to look at grandkids, huntin' and house remodeling pictures.
Last edited by KK4AMI; 12-22-2016 at 06:57 AM.
"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
Uh Huh, What Love?
The hacker would need direct access to hardware--that is, have your phone in hand--to be able to make such an attack unless you have purposely circumvented the protection measures put in place by the manufacturer. Android phones are more vulnerable than iPhones because they're a more open system. That's typically seen as a good thing by people who like to tinker with their phones but the trade off is reduced security. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
You should never trust your phone to not spy on you, these days. Even with location turned off, the E911 chip reports location. God knows what else is in that chip.
well we all ready know all cell traffic is captured and stored by NSAOriginally Posted by KC2UGV
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Only the metadata--who's calling whom--not the actual content. Even the NSA can't do that. Not yet.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Why not? Verizon does it with their customers... Speech to text is almost wire speed these days.
What about data storage and a set of eyeballs to read all that stuff. It is hard to process that much data, so much so that I'm actually starting to doubt that Santa has a usable "naughty and nice" list.
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Last edited by KK4AMI; 12-22-2016 at 01:04 PM.
"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
Uh Huh, What Love?
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